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Friends summer book sale and Audubon birds event set for next Thursday

Friends summer book sale and Audubon birds event set for next Thursday

By Carole Howard /SUN Columnist, and the library staff The hugely popular three-day Friends of the Library book sale happens next week at the Community United Methodist Church located downtown at 434 Lewis St. You can take advantage of great...

Book lovers to unite at Columbus Book Festival Saturday and Sunday

Book lovers to unite at Columbus Book Festival Saturday and Sunday

Attendees of previous years walk through the entrance of the Columbus Book Festival. Credit: Courtesy of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Book lovers throughout Columbus will celebrate their love of literature this weekend at the annual two-day...

‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading

‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading

David Hill responds to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s decision to deny funding support for New Zealand to be Guest of Honour at the 2027 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. *Names have been changed for privacy reasons. My Uncle X was a huntin’...

Two books on the mushroom trial are already cooking. What are the risks and rewards of fast books on big news?

Two books on the mushroom trial are already cooking. What are the risks and rewards of fast books on big news?

Few criminal trials in recent history have piqued the public interest like Erin Patterson’s conviction for poisoning three extended family members with a beef wellington spiked with death-cap mushrooms. Two books about the trial have already been...

The 10 Best Fantasy Books About Angels

The 10 Best Fantasy Books About Angels

A flaming wheel covered in eyes! A chimera of wings and light! An unfathomably terrifying divine abomination paradoxically telling you “be not afraid!” While TikTok might try to say otherwise, these examples of “biblically accurate angels” are...

Recommended stocks to buy today, 10 July, by India's leading market experts

Recommended stocks to buy today, 10 July, by India's leading market experts

The Nifty 50 slipped 46.4 points to close at 25,476.10, while the Sensex shed 176 points to end at 83,536.08. Broader markets outperformed slightly, and defensives found favour amid the uncertainty. Sectoral trends were mixed, with gains in autos...

Local athlete and activist is the subject of children's book

Local athlete and activist is the subject of children's book

Some people might say that Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone was born to run. Others might say she was born to lead. Whetstone, a Lakota woman born in South Dakota who moved to Maine as a child, was the daughter of a sprinter and...

NIH to Cap Publishing Fees for Publicly Funded Research

NIH to Cap Publishing Fees for Publicly Funded Research

Why publishing loves tall tales

Why publishing loves tall tales

In 2006, 21st century literature was put through a struggle session on American television. In the public pillory was James Frey, author of the misery memoir A Million Little Pieces, which one critic had declared, “the War and Peace of addiction”....

Score a record deal on Samsung’s 2-in-1 Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 at $350 off

Score a record deal on Samsung’s 2-in-1 Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 at $350 off

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Looking for a laptop that balances versatility and power? The stunning Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 might be just the ticket. This Prime Day, you can snag the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 for just $1,249.99, down from...

Eagles Star Projected to Potentially Set Market With Massive Deal

Eagles Star Projected to Potentially Set Market With Massive Deal

The Philadelphia Eagles have one of the top interior defensive linemen on their roster in Jalen Carter. Just two years into his NFL career, it's become apparent that Carter could be nearing elite status if he hasn't reached it already after his...

Media Insider: Listener, Woman’s Weekly and Woman’s Day up for sale as Are Media put on market by Mercury Capital

Media Insider: Listener, Woman’s Weekly and Woman’s Day up for sale as Are Media put on market by Mercury Capital

The NZ Woman’s Weekly is 92 years old; the Listener is 86. In New Zealand, Are Media also publishes The Australian Women’s Weekly, Your Home and Garden and Kia Ora (under contract with Air New Zealand). In Australia, Are Media’s portfolio includes...

These Editor-Approved Travel Accessories Are on Sale for Prime Day 2025

These Editor-Approved Travel Accessories Are on Sale for Prime Day 2025

Deals and pricing updated as of 5:05 p.m. on July 9, 2025. Amazon Prime Day is here—and there's no better time for travelers to refresh their gear and save big with top deals on travel accessories. The annual mega-sale returns this year bigger and...

Summer book sale at Moore Free Library in Newfane

Summer book sale at Moore Free Library in Newfane

NEWFANE — The Friends of the Moore Free Library will hold their summer book sale Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Library, 23 West St. Rain or shine. More than 30 categories of fiction, non-fiction, and young people’s books will be...

Book Review: Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry

Book Review: Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry

As the trial of one of Matthew Perry’s doctors has been in the news lately and the market has been flooded by actor memoirs, it is, perhaps, a good time to take a look at this one. It was written just a year before Perry’s death from an overdose....

Amazon's Buy 2, Get 1 Free Vinyl Sale Is a Hidden Prime Day Gem

Amazon's Buy 2, Get 1 Free Vinyl Sale Is a Hidden Prime Day Gem

It’s one of the best times of the year to score deep discounts on just about everything. Amazon’s Prime Day is essentially Black Friday in July, bringing the best sales of 2025 so far. Rather than the two days Amazon has done in the past, Prime...

Book Sale This Week At Regional Library

The July book sale at the Lexington branch of the Rockbridge Regional Library will be held Thursday, July 10, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 12, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Featured this month will be a...

Hospitals Not Waiting For The Policy Hammer To Fall: Rapid Preparations Underway For Proposed 200% Pharmaceutical Tariffs, New Black Book Flash Survey Finds

Hospitals Not Waiting For The Policy Hammer To Fall: Rapid Preparations Underway For Proposed 200% Pharmaceutical Tariffs, New Black Book Flash Survey Finds

(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) TAMPA, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2025 / With the threat of sweeping 200% tariffs on pharmaceutical imports proposed by the Trump administration, U.S. hospitals are wasting no time preparing for the potential impact....

Your Law Career Is a House of Cards Without a Book of Business

Your Law Career Is a House of Cards Without a Book of Business

Let me tell you a truth that will make every partner at your firm uncomfortable: if you don't have a book of business, you don't have a career. You have a job. And jobs disappear. I've watched brilliant lawyers get shown the door during economic...

New Box Set Compiles the Biggest Comic Book Influences Behind James Gunn’s ‘Superman’

New Box Set Compiles the Biggest Comic Book Influences Behind James Gunn’s ‘Superman’

The box set, available to preorder now, includes classic graphic novels like All-Star Superman and Superman for All Seasons If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an...

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